Former Wichita businessman and Kansas congressman Mike Pompeo has been chosen to replace U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the White House announced Tuesday morning.

President Trump tweeted: Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all!

Both appointments will require confirmation by the U.S. Senate.

Pompeo was elected to was elected to represent the 4th Congressional District of Kansas in 2010. He was named last year as Trump's director of the CIA.

Prior to his political career, Pompeo was a local aerospace executive who founded supply shop Thayer Aerospace in 1997 in Wichita and served as its CEO until 2006.